Indians 12, Rangers 3
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians belted three home runs, including a three-run shot by Carlos Santana in an eight-run third inning, in rolling to a 12-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday at Progressive Field.
The win snapped Texas' seven-game winning streak. The Rangers went 7-2 on their road trip to Boston, New York and Cleveland.
It was the last day of a road trip for Texas and the last day of a 4-2 homestand for the Indians, who pounded out 17 hits, including home runs by first baseman Santana, designated hitter Nick Swisher and third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall.
Right-hander Carlos Carrasco (6-4) pitched eight innings to get the win. He gave up one run on five hits, with eight strikeouts and one walk.
Right-hander Colby Lewis (4-3) absorbed most of the damage from the Indians' offense. Lewis started but only pitched 2 2/3 innings, giving up 10 runs (nine earned) on 11 hits with two strikeouts and one walk.
Swisher's home run was a solo blast leading off the second inning. Center fielder Michael Bourn added an RBI single later in the inning to give Cleveland a 2-0 lead.
In the third inning, the Indians sent 12 men to the plate and scored eight runs on seven hits -- all coming against Lewis, whose ERA rose from 3.49 to 4.70.
Santana led off the third inning with a walk, and he went to third on a double by left fielder Michael Brantley. Right fielder David Murphy's single scored Santana to make it a 3-0 Cleveland lead.
After Swisher struck out for the first out, Chisenhall doubled down the right field line, scoring Brantley and Murphy to make it 5-0. Shortstop Mike Aviles flied out for the second out, but Bourn singled to right scoring Chisenhall and it was 6-0.
After Bourn stole second, catcher Roberto Perez followed with a single, scoring Bourn to extend the lead to 7-0.
Second baseman Jason Kipnis doubled, moving Perez to third, and then Santana, in his second at-bat of the inning, ripped a long home run over the wall in center field, giving the Indians a 10-0 lead.
Right-hander Anthony Bass relieved Lewis after Santana's home run, and in the fourth inning Bass gave up a home run -- a solo shot by Chisenhall over the right field wall -- to make it 11-0.
Texas scored its only run in the fifth inning when catcher Robinson Chirinos hit a solo home run over the wall in left field off Carrasco.
Cleveland got that run back in the fifth inning when Kipnis tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brantley.
Texas scored two runs in the ninth on a two-run homer by Leonys Martin off right-hander Scott Atchison.
Kipnis, Chisenhall and Bourn each had three hits for the Indians, who scored more runs in the game than they did in losing the first two games of the series.
NOTES: Indians 2B Jason Kipnis has 46 hits in the month of May. That's the most hits by an Indians player in May since Bobby Avila had 47 in 1954. ... Several Indians players have shaved their heads in support of INF Mike Aviles' 4-year-old daughter Adriana, who has been diagnosed with leukemia. ... Texas DH Prince Fielder is the first player in franchise history to have multiple hits and multiple RBIs in five consecutive games, and the first in the majors since the Giants' Bengie Molina did it in May of 2008.